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• Exercise as a stress relief
• I have my moments

Exercise as a stress relief

I think the exercises that we did with Billy and the fact that I got out and moved a lot was very good for me as a stress release. And I think letting my parents take the kids so that my husband and I could have some time alone was really important because when we were all together we’d spend a lot of time talking about blood sugars, numbers and eating, and you have to kind of get away from it.

-Mother

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I have my moments

I don’t know how I manage it, quite honestly. I have my moments. I break down. I run. Our nurse was just saying to me, “You’ve got to get out. You’ve got to do something” because I primarily do all the diabetes care.  I think that falls on a lot of moms that they’re the primary diabetes managers. I don’t know how I deal with it. I go and I hang with my kids in the summer. We go swimming; we play at the beach. As much as I try to make him feel normal and not feel different when he’s with his friends, I try to do the same. I try to just be like this is just the way it is. It’s like putting your shoes on in the morning. It’s just something you’ve got to do. You can be upset about it, but on the other hand, you’ve just got to suck it up and deal, and this is life.

-Mother

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